By Online Desk
Raya Sarkar, an Indian lawyer based in the United States, put out a list on her Facebook page, naming and shaming academicians who have been accused of sexual harassment by students. This came about after #MeToo campaign where thousands of women (and some men) spoke out on social media about being sexually harassed by powerful men, in the wake of the allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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As several feminists were quick to put out a statement condemning making allegations publicly by naming and shaming people, a response by a Facebook profile named Inji Pennu tagging Raya Sarkar, explained that due diligence was done before making the list public. Inji Pennu’s post said the list was compiled from first-person accounts of women who came forward to speak up, and where the victim wanted to remain anonymous, a friend stood in as alibi. Besides, they had collected data in the form of screenshots, WhatsApp messages, e-mails and call recordings.
Here is the list of colleges in which the alleged sexual harassers worked or continue to work.
1) Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2) Delhi University, New Delhi
3) University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii (US)
4) Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD)
5) Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), Kolkata
6) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi)
7) Film and Television Institute (FTII), Pune
8) Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana
9) Institute of Rural Management Anand (IIRMA), Gujarat
10) St Xavier's College, Kolkata
11) Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata
12) Atomic Energy Higher Secondary Central School, Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu
13) TERI University, New Delhi
14) Scottish Church College, Kolkata
15) University of California, Santa Cruz
16) University of Cambridge
17) Presidency University, Calcutta
18) University of Trier, Germany
19) DY Patil University, Mumbai
20) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Off-Campus, Tuljapur, Osmanabad dist, Maharashtra
21) Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai
22) University of California, Riverside, California, United States
23) English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad
24) Ramjas College, Delhi University
25) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
26) National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi
27) Music Academy, Chennai
28) Hindu College, Delhi University
29) National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
30) St John's Medical College, Bangalore
31) Christ University, Bangalore
32) Sri Venkateshwara college, Delhi University
33) Oxford University (in this case a student, not a professor)
34) St Joseph’s College, Bangalore
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